[visionlist] Three Open-Rank Faculty Positions, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University

[Stephen Mitroff]

The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University 
seeks to fill positions in
behavioral neuroscience, cognitive psychology/cognitive neuroscience, 
and social/affective
neuroscience. The mission of the newly formed Department of 
Psychology and Neuroscience is
to integrate the behavioral and social sciences with the brain and 
health sciences. The department
will be the primary locus of the neuroscience of behavior in the 
College of Arts and Sciences and
home of the diverse subdisciplines of psychology at Duke. We are 
seeking outstanding
applicants who are experts in their fields and who wish to further 
integrate their research and
teaching across psychology and neuroscience and beyond the 
traditional boundaries of the
discipline. We anticipate up to eleven new hires over the next 
several years, including open-rank
(with tenure or tenure track) hires this year in:

Behavioral Neuroscience. We are particularly interested in applicants 
with interdisciplinary
research programs aimed at understanding the neural mechanisms of 
behavior, and whose
research combines systems neuroscience and/or molecular genetic approaches with
developmental or neuroendocrine aspects of cognition and motivation. 
First-class research
facilities for the study of brain-behavior relations in small animals 
are available in Duke's new
Genome Science Research Building II.

Cognitive Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience. We seek applicants in 
the areas of cognitive
psychology and cognitive neuroscience who study high level cognition 
in humans purely
behaviorally or who integrate behavioral and neuroscience research. 
The position is also open to
researchers who use a developmental or lifespan approach to the study 
of cognition.

Social/Affective Neuroscience. We seek applicants with 
interdisciplinary research programs in
all areas of social/affective neuroscience that might include, but 
are not limited to, social and
affective perception, personality and neurogenomics, neuroeconomics, 
emotion and self
regulation, emotion-cognition interactions, stress, anxiety and mood 
disorders, and drug
addiction. 

Available human research facilities include research-dedicated 3T and 
4T MRI scanners, state-
of-the-art EEG equipment, a fully-immersive virtual reality 
environment, and patient clinics at
Duke Hospital and the Durham VAMC. 

All new hires will have the opportunity to participate in related 
cross-departmental programs,
including the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, the Center for 
Cognitive Neuroscience,  the
Center for Neuroeconomic Studies, the Institute for Genome Sciences 
and Policy, the Social
Science Research Institute, and the Institute of Mind, Brain, Genes 
and Behavior, which is
currently under development. Faculty responsibilities include 
undergraduate and graduate
teaching, as well as the development of a nationally recognized 
research program. Applications
should include a curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching 
interests, 3 letters of
recommendation (junior candidates) or names of referees (senior 
candidates), and selected
publications. Please indicate in a cover letter which of the three 
areas is most appropriate for the
application. Mail to: Chair, "Area" Search Committee, Department of 
Psychology and
Neuroscience, 9 Flowers Drive, Box 90086, Duke University, Durham, NC 
27708.  Applications
received by December 1 will be guaranteed consideration. Duke 
University is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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